Non-slipping device.



H. D. PUPFE.

NON-BLIPPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 001227.1911

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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HENRY 10.1 PUFFE, OF SOUTH TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

NQN-SLIPPING pnvxcn.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 'iuknown that I, IIENRY 1). Porn, United States; residing at SouthTacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Non-Slip ping Devi'ces,'of whichthe following is a specification. M

Thisinvention relates to an improved non-slipping device, and has forits object to provide a strong, light and durable .de-: vice fortelnporary attachment to horse shoes." i

larly pointedout in the templates the provision A further object of theinvention is to provide a device for attachment to horse shoesfor thepurpose of" preventing the anii'nal from slipping onwet or icypayemen'ts; a' still further object of the invent on being to provide adevice of the class which may be readily and quickly appliedto andremoved fromthe animals foot, aswell as, novel and peculiar means foradjustably securing the devicein place. a i

A stillfurther Object of the invention conof a non-slipping horseshoeattachment wherein the component parts thereof are pivotally connected,'andthe device in its entirety fastened to and I'GmOVGCl from horseshoes of ordinary con stru'ction by the manipulationof a pair of pivotedleversso arranged with respect to eaolrother as to cooperate in a mannerto be hereinafter "fu-lly described to effectually maintain the saidattachment incapable of accidental displacement; i

Theabove and additional objects are accomplished by such means asareillustrated in their preferred embodiment in theaccompanying"drawings, described in the fol lowing specification andthen more particuclaims which are appended hereto and form a part ofthis applicationl i In d scribing my invention in detail reference willbe had to the accompanying drawthereto; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan viewof a horse shoe, the device being illustrated ready Specification ofLetters rfatent.

Application filed October 27, 1913.

Serial No. 797,452.

for removal; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation illustrating thedetail construction of one of the calks or locking tongues; and Fig. fis a side elevation, partly broken away of a tool especially adapted foruse to assist in the application of and removal of the attachment fromthe shoe.

Referring now to the drawings"wherein is illustrated the preferredembodimentof my invention the numeral 1 designates an ordinary horseshoe having the usual toe calk 2, toe plate 3 and heel calks 4associated therewith. It is upon the under face of the horse shoe 1 thatthe device comprising my invention is adapted to be secured, the saiddevice comprising a pair of clampmg sections 5, each section having aninwardly extending arm 6, the said arms being connected as at 7, suchconnection being in the natureof a slidingpivot, one ofthe said Isection 5 at a: point adjacent the connecting point of the arm 6therewith, the said extensions each terminating in an integrally formedlocking tongue 10 theextremity of which is adapted to overlap the horseshoe 1, preferably at a point betweenthe first and second nail holestherein. The extremities of the clamping sections 5 opposite to thatupon which the arms (3 are formed, are each provided with a lockingtongue 11, the same being formed integrally with and upon:the inner edgeof the said section 5 to engage and overlap the horse shoe 1 at a pointadjacent the heel calks lthereof.

* Each section 5 is pivoted as at 12, the said section being maintainedin spaced relation to the horse shoe by means of a pair of operatinglevers 1.3 interposed therebetween, the pivot 12 serving as a connectionpivotal in its nature for attaching the said levers Locking tongues 14are formed, one

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' illustrated upon the outer extremity of each of the operating levers13, the said tongues, during the securing of the device being disposedto overlap the horse shoe 1 upon its outer edge and at a point adjacentthe locking tongues 11 above referred to. The said levers 13 are formedsubstantially in duplicate, one of the said levers however at its innerextremity having an opening 15 formed therein, and the other of the saidlevers having a lug 16 formed thereupon, the said lug, during theapplication of the invention adaptedto lit the said opening 15 toprovide a securing means whereby the two levers 13 are maintained in oneposition as is illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings;

Pointed calks 16 project or depend from theouter or lower face of theattachment, the same being positioned preferably one near each of theextensions 9, and one near each of the locking tongues 11, the formerproviding a non-slipping means at the toe of the shoe and the latter anon-slipping means at the heel thereof. "While the tool illustratedherein is particularly adapted for use in effecting an attachment andremoval of the shoe attachment, any other tool capable of efiecting suchoperation may equally as well be employed. The tool herein disclosedcomprises a head 17, handle 18 and extension 19, the latter being formedintegrally with the handle 18 upon the opposite end thereof fromthat towhich the head 17 is either formed integrally with or attached.

When it is desired that the non-slipping device should be applied to ahorse shoe of ordinary construction, the same is positioned upon theunder face of the shoe as is. illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thelocking tongues 10, 11 and 1a when thus positioned, all being out ofengagement with the horse shoe 1. B y forcing the levers 13 forwardly,until the lug 16 is free to fit the opening 15, it isapparent that thelocking tongues 14 formed upon the extremities of the said levers willbe forced into engagement with the horse shoe 1 and overlap the same atthe point aforesaid, at the same time causing the clamping sections 5 tomove inwardly and toward each other, thisbeing provided for at thesliding pivot 7, so that the locking tongues 10 and the locking tongues11 simultaneously engage and overlap the horse shoe 1 with theengagement of thefaforementioned locking tongues 14.

A reverse movement of the operating levers 13 above described willautomatically,

withdraw the several locking tongues out of engagement with the horseshoe 1 to permit of ready detachment of the device from the shoe. Byforcing the extension 19 of the tool between the levers 13 when thelatter have been swung into the position in Fig. 1, a withdrawal of thetaken in connection with drawings, it will be seen that an improvednon-slipping device ca-l pable of quick detachment and attachment hasbeen provided; that the said attaching and detaching of the device iscontrolled entirely by the manipulation of the operating levers 13; andthat-accidental displacement of the device is rendered impossible byreason of the engagement between the several locking tongues and theshoe.

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form of my invention,illustrated in a the drawings and referred to in the above description,as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with. the adoption of my devicewill necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of partsmay be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of theadvantages ofmy invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for horse shoes including a pair of pivotally connectedrelatively movable clamping sections, an operating lever pivoted to eachsection, lock means formed upon each lever and each section, said meansbeing movable into and out of engagement with. the shoe throughactuation of the respective levers, and a lug upon one of the saidlevers adapted for engagement with an opening in the other of the saidlevers to lock the two levers immovable and the lock means in engagementwith the shoe, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A non-slipping device for horse shoes including a pair ofcomplementary clamping sections, arms projecting inwardly from andformed integrally with each of the said sections, the inner extremitiesof the said arms being pivotally connected,extensions formed integrallywith each of. the said sections, locking tongues formed integrally witheach of the said extensions, locking tongues formed integrally witheach, of the said sections, an operating lever pivotally connected tosaid sections, a locking tongue formed integrally with and upon oneextremityof each of the said levers, and a lug formed upon the oppositeextremity of one to swing the said locking tongue into en- 1,11s,soo A 3of the said levers adapted to fit Within a In testimony whereof I a'ffixmy signature reiess fgrnllled wiithlin the extg'emity of the in presenceof tWo Witnesses.

ot er 0' t e saic evers to asten the extremities of the said two leverstogether and HENRY PUFFE' Witnesses:

HQA. BURGER, JOHN G. GILCI-IRIST.

gagement with the shoe, as and for the purpose set forth.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0."

